Madrid Airport (MAD): terminals, flights, arrivals and departures

Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas (IATA: MAD, ICAO: LEMD) is a network point for Madrid, Spain. Our catalogue shows 0 departing routes and 4 arriving, with the airlines, frequencies and lowest peso (MXN) fares listed below.

Airport facts

MAD carries 4 routes and 3 airlines in our catalogue, totalling 37 weekly departures. Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas (ICAO LEMD) serves Madrid, Spain, in the Europe/Madrid zone (UTC+2 in July). Its coordinates (40.4936, -3.56676) are the basis of every distance on this site.

• IATA: MAD
• ICAO: LEMD
• City: Madrid
• Country: Spain
• Time zone: Europe/Madrid
• Coordinates: 40.4936, -3.56676
• Airlines at the airport: 3

Time difference against Mexico City. In July, Madrid runs 8 h ahead of the Mexican capital (UTC+2 versus UTC−6). In January the airport operates on UTC+1, so the gap is not constant across the year: daylight saving shifts it. This is the calculation that decides whether a pre-booked ground connection still works.

What each code is for. The IATA code (MAD) is what the bag tag and the ticket use; the ICAO code (LEMD) is what flight plans, NOTAMs and flight trackers use. To follow the inbound aircraft that will become your flight, ICAO is the one that returns reliable results. And if MAD is not printed on your bag tag, the bag was not checked through to here — worth catching at the counter.

Airlines at MAD

3 catalogued airlines operate routes to or from MAD: 3 full-service and 0 low-cost, with checked allowance from 23 to 25 kg. Alliances present: SkyTeam, oneworld. They cover 4 catalogued routes and 37 weekly departures. The table below lists each operator with its type, alliance and checked allowance.

Carriers in our catalogue operating routes to or from this airport, with type, alliance and economy baggage allowance:

Departing MAD triggers EU261 for everyone. Sitting in the EU/EEA, any flight taking off from this airport is covered by Regulation EC 261/2004 whatever the operator’s nationality: a Mexican carrier leaving here answers exactly as a European one does. The asymmetry runs the other way — flying from Mexico into MAD only enters the regulation if a Community carrier operates it.

Alliances present at MAD: SkyTeam, oneworld. It matters for two concrete things: where miles credit, and what happens when something breaks. Within one alliance, rebooking onto another member is usually provided for; between carriers with no agreement it does not exist and depends on goodwill at the desk. If you buy two legs on operators from different alliances, treat them as two separate trips.

Routes to Madrid (MAD)

Our catalogue lists 4 routes into MAD, totalling 37 weekly departures and spanning 7,961 to 9,324 km. The busiest is MEX-MAD at ~21 flights a week; 1 of them carry a cached fare, spread across 1 audience profiles. Every row in this section comes from that same corridor catalogue, not from a live search.

What traffic MAD moves. By audience profile, the routes catalogued here split as: Mexico-Europe corridor (VFR and Camino) (4). That mix explains the airport’s seasonality: family corridors spike in December and Holy Week, leisure ones follow the holiday calendar, and regional ones stay flatter across the year.

Why some rows have no fare. Of the 4 routes listed, 1 returned a price on the collector’s last pass and the rest show a dash. A dash means the automated query got no result for that pair — not that the route is suspended or expensive. For those pairs the reference price comes from the live search, which queries current inventory.

Fare seasonality

1 routes at MAD carry a monthly minimum-fare breakdown. Between the cheapest and priciest months observed the gap reaches 37% on the widest route, which shows how much the date matters against the choice of airline at this airport.

Lowest detected fare by month on routes with data, in pesos (MXN). The cheapest versus dearest month helps you time the purchase:

The three peaks of the Mexican calendar. December, Holy Week and summer concentrate family and leisure demand at once, and in those windows price stops responding to normal lead time: cheap buckets sell out earlier and flexible fares go at a premium. Outside them, the usual pattern rewards buying 4 to 8 weeks ahead and travelling midweek. That window is a general Mexican-market rule of thumb, not a measurement of this route: our series records observed prices, not the lead time at which each ticket was bought.

Seasonality does not transfer between airports. Every pair has its own calendar: a labour corridor flattens in summer while a beach one spikes, and MAD can host both. Before assuming ‘August is expensive’, read the row for your specific route; the airport average blends demands that move in opposite directions.

Connection tips

MAD concentrates 37 catalogued weekly departures across 3 airlines, in the Europe/Madrid zone. That density is what decides how much slack to leave on a connection: the more of its own services the airline runs here, the more same-day rebooking options exist.

Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas runs on the Europe/Madrid time zone; factor the offset from your origin city when planning connections and transfers. The busiest route at MAD is MEX-MAD (~21 flights a week). The lowest fare detected at this airport is $14,975 MXN on the CUN-MAD route. Book 4–8 weeks ahead for the busiest routes to/from Madrid; fares climb in December, Holy Week and summer. Each route guide above shows month-by-month seasonality and the lowest peso fare. That window is a general Mexican-market rule of thumb, not a measurement of this route: our series records observed prices, not the lead time at which each ticket was bought.

The cheap connection that loses the checked bag. Two separate tickets are not one itinerary: there is no interline agreement, the bag is not checked through to the final destination, and if the first flight lands late the second airline owes you nothing — it sold a different flight. The apparent saving evaporates the moment you buy a same-day replacement. On a single ticket, rebooking and the bag transfer are the carrier’s problem, not yours.

Other airports in Spain

1 further Spain airport appear in our catalogue besides MAD, with 2 routes between them. The best-connected is Barcelona (BCN) with 2 routes, and the nearest sits ~483 km great-circle from MAD. The 1 distances in this section are measured from each airport’s own coordinates.

Other airports in the same country in our catalogue, with the number of catalogued routes — useful if you need an alternative gateway:

Great-circle distance is not the transfer. The figures in the table are geodesic, computed from each airport’s coordinates; the real journey depends on whether road, rail or a domestic flight exists, and on what they cost. An airport 300 km away can be more accessible than one at 120 km if the first has a direct motorway and the second does not. Use them to rule out, not to plan.

When switching airport pays. Only when the fare gap beats the transfer plus the hotel night an early departure sometimes forces, and only with a comfortable margin: reaching the alternative airport by road introduces a risk the airline does not carry. Miss the flight in traffic and the ticket is not refunded; that risk should be netted off the saving before deciding.

FAQ

The 10 questions on this record are answered from catalogue figures for MAD: routes and weekly frequencies, minimum fares observed by the collector, checked-baggage allowances and the rights regime that applies on each leg. No answer adds data that is not in those sources.

What are the IATA and ICAO codes for Madrid airport? The IATA code is MAD and the ICAO code is LEMD. Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas serves Madrid, Spain.

Which airlines operate at MAD? Airlines on our catalogued routes at MAD: Aeromexico, Iberia, Air Europa.

How many routes are there from Madrid (MAD)? Our catalogue lists 0 departing routes and 4 arriving at MAD — see the tables above.

What time zone is MAD in? MAD operates in the Europe/Madrid time zone.

How many weekly departures does MAD have in this catalogue? Across the catalogued routes touching MAD we count 37 weekly departures over 3 airlines and 4 routes. That is the coverage relevant to Mexican travellers, not the airport’s full directory.

What is the time difference between Madrid and Mexico City? In July, Madrid runs 8 h ahead of Mexico City (UTC+2 versus UTC−6). The gap shifts with daylight saving, so recompute it for your exact date before booking transfers.

Does EU261 apply when departing MAD? Yes. Every flight departing an EU/EEA airport is covered whatever the airline’s nationality, including a Mexican one. Coverage is not symmetric: flying into MAD from Mexico only qualifies if the operator is a Community carrier.

What is the longest catalogued route at MAD? Catalogued routes at MAD span 7,961 to 9,324 km great-circle, computed from each airport’s coordinates. That distance drives aircraft type and the applicable compensation band on European sectors.

What is the lowest fare detected at MAD? $14,975 MXN on CUN-MAD, per the collector’s last pass across 1 routes with data at this airport. It is an observed one-way minimum, not a guaranteed price or a bookable offer.

Which airlines are based at MAD? Iberia, Air Europa run MAD as a base. An airline based here keeps aircraft and crews overnight, so it has more of its own services to rebook a disrupted passenger onto the same day.

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Published by FlightsMX Editorial Team. Last verified: May 2026.